Smyrna times., 1887-02-23
DEFINITION of ladies luncheon: !:


PERCH, rock and other fresh fish
have been plentiful the past week.
THE Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at Mrs. J. w. Denney's Friday
evening, February 25th, at o'clock.
THE interval between sunrise and
sunset is now over forty minutes longer
than it was on December 22d, the
shortest day of all the year.
NEXT Tuesday will be moving day
for Duck Creek, Little Creek and Ken
ton Hundreds. A number in town will
change residences this week.
AT the vendue of Henry c. Muir
phey on Monday a three.months-old
Alderney calf sold for $50, and a COW
with twin calves about a week old sold
for $84.
A SCARCITY OF MONEY is complained
of in commercial circles, but at the
public sales of the season the cash GUS
toners have been as abundant, it is
said, as usual.
THE florists, it would seem from their
circulars, are to make a run this Spring
on pansies as the fashionable flower of
the season. They are now produced
of immense size and rich colors.
THOSE persons who have been hold
ing trade dollars are likely to soon get
their face value for them, bill for their
redemption having passed both Houses
of Congress and is in the hands of the
President.
WHEN the farmers hadn't eggs they
were in demand at 80 cents per dozen,
but now that the softer temperature
has cOaXed the pullets to lay, hen fruit
has dropped down to about eleven
pence a dozen.
A REPORT comes from a Southern
town that a colored clergyman of the
place recently prayed that the indel-
icate might be made delicate, the in
temperate temperate, and the indus
trious dustriOus.
The presence of mud in our streets
as the result of so much rainy weather
keeps the subject of Belgian blocks,
broken rock, &c, prominent subject
of remark as one of the imperative
necessities of the town.
WIN. R. SMITH calls the attention of
our farmers to Fleetwing, a horse of
fine pedigree that has recently come
| into his possession. Terrace CarVin
also announces again this Spring,
Spring Hill, a horse well known in this
section.
THE work of home improvement for
more comfortable dOmicils commences
early this Spring; in fact, it does not
wait for Spring, for last week one of
our mechanics-J. E. Carter--receiVed
orders during the week for papering
and painting forty rooms.
GEO. NJ. STEVENSON, Permanent Sec
retary of Morning Star Lodge, No. 6,
1. o. o. F., of this town, has received a
check from Oriental Lodge, No. 113,
I. o. o. F., of Philadelphia, to defray
P. G., Thomas ]. Armitage's funeral
expenses and sickness, which has been
paid over to his widow.
SPRING is near at hand. Grass is
springing from the lawns, the buds are
swelling on the trees and shrubs, the
yelping sparrOws are mateing and
brother Taylor is still singing about the
ground hog. Can't our esteemed CO.
temporary "catch on and keep up
with the vernal procession?
THE revival at the Bethel A. M. E.
Church has entered on its ffth week.
Six persons united with the church on
Sunday, making the number of proba-
tiOners up to that date a. The mem
bership, including the probationers, has
more than doubled since the present
pastor, Rev. J. w. Norris, came to the
charge.
The trite saying that "a house
divided against itself cannot stand Z" is
not verified in the case of the half OF
the divided old carriage shop on Market
street, which Jos. l.. CaVender put on
wheels two weeks ago. 1t stands not
on rock, but in mute though not dig
nihed silence, confronted by a mass oil
mud that is a terror to Joseph, with all
of his bravery.
THE fishermen from Wilmington are
thus early setting out on the Springs
business. Pressly +. GOldsborough, oi
Bombay Hook, who went to Whining.
ton on Monday to buy fishing boat
was surprised to hear that the three
first to arrive on the shore in quest OF
perch had been drowned, a statement
{ which he could safely contradict to the
qualification of their families, having
dined with them the day before.
DAVID STEWART, recently farming
at Sassafras, Md, but who, as an
nounced some time ago in these col
umns, had taken an interest in the
Peninsular Bone and Fertilizer Com
; pany, moved to Smyrna last week, sue
J ceeding the family of w. G. Fairbanks
, corner Of Union and Mount Vernon
: streets, who have moved to Whining
. ton. 1t is understood that Mr.. StewaT
? will have charge of the books in tn,
/ Office OF the Peninsular Bone and Fer
tilizer Company.
/ A CLASS OF BEGINNERS will b,
r formed in the Smyrna public school
y next week. Parents having little boy
' and girls over six years of age, VIII,
have never been to school, are requested
: to send them on Tuesday, March lst
Y The class will be held open for thos
4 who wish to join all of next week. A
no other class for beginners will b.
formed before June, it is desirable tina
l all children old enough should star
= now. The little boys will go to Mis-
Mary Spruance and the little girls T.
, Miss Carrie Budd.
THE new firm to succeed VIM. II
=, Carr in the ice cream and cOnfectiOnar
= business, on Market street, Messrs
\ Stevenson & Peregoy, have take
charge of the business and are ready [
meet the wants of customers. Nj
It Carr expects to take his departure fO
d Oxford, Md, this week, where he pul
d poses making his home in the futur,
n Mr.. Carr's friends regret his departur
J. from among us, but he has left an er
during name in the way of ice crear
It that will be spoken on many lips for
b long time to come.
y DEVICES for starting ballky horses ar
- numerous, but the latest is the HanC
3 kerchief Cure" thus stated by the Phi
,f adelphia Times: Poet and EditC
. James r. Randall created a sensatio
in Augusta the other day. A street ca
Of horse became unruly and a male pa
D. senger proposed throwing sand in th
Z animals eyes. Oh, mol said IL
le Colonel, don't do that; it is unne
q essary and inhuman. The poor bea
70 only needs to be diverted. Tie a han,
r kerehief around his fore leg and he wi
re start off promptly The driver agree
m to try it and the horse moved at ono
re Then the driver snatched his whi
ra | looked at the Colonel and avoIoiuo of